Report of the Council.

The article presents the report of the executive council of the American Antiquarian Society given at the annual meeting of the Society on October 21, 1887 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Subjects mentioned include obituaries for former members who have recently died, including Elias Nason, Charles Rau and Spencer Fullerton Baird. Discussion is also given relating a brief overview of the Society's Charter from 1812 and the growth of the Society library resources during the course of the 19th-century.